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This might be a little tougher than Putin thought...

Locals write in twitter rhat most of people, who evacuate are pensioners and so-called "zhduny" (derived from meme art "The One Who Wait") - the people, which wait of Russian power incoming or just indifferent people ("no matter which flag"), which scare for your lives. Before a war Kherson had about 280 000 of population. Russians claimed they are planning to evacuate 40-60 000.

Russians also established again "barge bridge" under damaged Antonivskyi bridge - this can incease transfer capability.

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I equate Russian citizens to victims of abuse. They've been living under a bunch of despotic leaders since what.....ever?

Czars...Soviets...Putin.

Not excusing their attitudes but at least provides an explanation.

cmon they all know in the major cities that they’re sending the rural and ethnic minorities to the killing fields. They’re willing to turn a blind eye to even their own casualties
 
cmon they all know in the major cities that they’re sending the rural and ethnic minorities to the killing fields. They’re willing to turn a blind eye to even their own casualties
True. But when you've lived your whole life with the rule of thumb being "keep your head down and mind your own business" it doesn't exactly engender a activist population.

Staying off the radar of the "authorities" has basically been SOP.
 
I know we can’t paint with broad brushes, but it is going to be hard for me going forward to view anyone from Russia and in the country itself as nothing but utter human trash and unworthy, untrustworthy and malicious.
Kinda how we were conditioned until the 90s. Red Dawn, Rocky, Wargames, Firefox, the Olympics, etc. Growing up in the 70s/80s, I always expected to die in a nuclear war with the USSR. I’m sure they thought the same about us.
 


"While Le Maire stressed on Wednesday that the postponement is merely “linked to difficulties in the agenda of certain ministers” and that it has “nothing to do with political difficulties”, he nevertheless called for a reset of relations with Berlin while speaking at a business conference on Thursday.


“The war in Ukraine, the gas and energy question and the China issue must lead us to a strategic redefinition of relations between France and Germany,” said Le Maire, adding it would “create a new, possibly stronger, alliance by resetting on a certain number of issues.”


Most recently Paris and Berlin came at odds after the German government unveiled a 200 billion euro energy package without consulting with its French counterparts. France aggravated Germany by opposing its joint proposal with Spain for construction of a new gas pipeline across the Pyrenees mountain, to make up for the capacity lost when Russia decided to cut its deliveries. France would prefer to pour the Union’s energy investments into the French nuclear sector.


Another point of contention has been the German decision to rearm its military mostly by purchasing US-made weapons systems, instead of looking to European weapons industry for suppliers."
 
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